After nearly seven years of dormancy, Hubig’s Pies announces plans to resume production of their fried fruit pies in 2020. Kevin Barnhart has the details.
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Matt Deggs is the new head coach of the Ragin Cajuns baseball team. Jeff Palermo has more on an emotional press conference from Lafayette….
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The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has put their fish and swim advisories in an app for on the go anglers. DEQ Administrator Jonathan McFarland says the LA Water Advisories gives you the information you need to know before leaving the house just by opening the app.
The app contains information for families who are looking to do some swimming in state waters, but McFarland says it’s really useful for getting info and what fish are off-limits in certain areas.
It’s the same information that is publicly available on DEQ’s webpage, but McFarland says not everyone has a phone that can read the format, so the app fills the gap…
To find the app in Google Play or the Apple Store enter the search term L-D-E-Q fish advisories.
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An iconic New Orleans company is returning as Hubig’s Pies announces plans to restart production after a fire burned down their old facility. The longtime producer of fried fruit pies will open a new $1.3 million dollar facility in Jefferson Parish. Jefferson Economic Development Commission President Jerry Bologna says many Louisianans grew up on the treats and they will bring back their original recipes.
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A 2012 fire resulted in the dormancy of the brand that had been in New Orleans for 90 years. Bologna says Hubig’s pies will bring in quality jobs with annual salaries that average just over $40,000.
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Bologna says the planned launch is set for 2020 and are currently looking to finalize a facility location to accommodate local distribution and e-commerce.
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Matt Deggs is the new head baseball coach of the Cajuns. Deggs spent three years as an assistant to former head coach Tony Robichaux, who died earlier this month. With Coach Robe’s family in attendance at the introductory press conference, Deggs says it’s an honor to be asked to follow in his footsteps
Deggs was an assistant coach at U-L Lafayette from 2012-to-2014. He says Robichaux wanted his players to stand up and not go into the fetal position during tough times
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Deggs left Lafayette to become the head coach at Sam Houston State in 2014. Since that time he’s led the Bearcats to their first Super Regional Series appearance and back-to-back Southland titles. Deggs says he and his family prayed on whether it was the right decision to return to Lafayette
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A teenager who was riding in the back of a pickup truck in Jefferson Davis Parish is dead after an accident on Gro Racca Road. State Police Trooper Derek Senegal says 18-year-old Adam Sandhoff of Iowa died at a local hospital from his injuries…
The driver of the truck is underage so their name will not be released, but they have been cited with careless operation and no driver’s license.
Sandhoff was legally allowed to ride in that pickup bed, but Senegal says it’s not a safe choice, and for some younger people, it is in fact illegal.